Pocket structure



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POCKET STRUCTURE Filed June 28, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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POCKET STRUCTURE Filed June 28, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 22, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to a garment.

More particularly, the invention relates to a pocket structure.

The invention is shown as applied to a skirt, although it could be applied to women's slacks and young boys and young girls slacks.

The objects of the invention are to provide a pocket structure for a skirt or garment which is provided with a hip opening or gap extending downwardly from the waist, access into the pocket being obtained through the opening or X specific object of the invention is to provide a. skirt, open at the hip, with a pocket such that the garment may be closed after it has been applied, and removed, in the usual manner.

Another specific object of the invention is to provide a pocket for a skirt having a side or hip opening, the pocket being permanently attached to the garment and access thereinto being gained through the opening. Another specific object of the invention is to provide, in a skirt having a hip opening, a permanent pocket into which access is gained through the opening and including a permanently formed pocket proper and panels which are attached to one another after the skirt has been applied and. are detached from one another when the skirt is to be removed.

Still another object of the invention is to provide, in a skirt having a hip opening, a pocket which is suspended from the panels of the skirt on either side of the opening.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a skirt provided with a pocket according to the invention, the front panel being in part broken away;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of Figure 1, with front panel folded forwardly;

Figure 3 is a section on line 3--3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an end view of Figure 5; and,

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the pocket.

Referring now by numerals to the drawings, II] shows a skirt, which conveniently may be made of a front panel II and a rear panel I2 stitched together along vertical, side or hip seams I3.

The panels are stitched to a waist band I4.

The rear panel may be provided with darts I9 in order to reduce the same at the waist, all according to the usual practice.

The garment, so far described, is a conventional skirt.

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-24'1) One of the side or hip seams (if only one pocket is to be used) terminates short of the waist band, as at I5, to provide a gap at the hip forming an opening I6 into the pocket to be described presently, enabling the wearer to slip the skirt over the head when it is being removed from the body.

The rear panel, above the upper end of the side seam, that is, above the terminal point I5, is formed with an added panel to define a flap I1, the flap forming a trimming or facing for one side of the pocket. The upper end of the flap is stitched to and between the two plies of the waist band.

The front panel II, above the terminal point I5, is similarly provided with a flap or panel I8 which may form an integral part of the panel. Again, this panel forms a trimmin or facing for the other side of the pocket. The upper end of this flap is also stitched to and between the two folds of the waist band.

The pocket, P, is formed with two walls or panels, a front panel 2| and a rear panel 22. The two panels are stitched together along their bottom edges, as at 23, and also stitched together along the lower portions of the side or vertical edges, as at 24, such stitching terminating at the top as at 25. The panels so stitched thus define a permanent pocket. Above the points 25, the panels are free of one another.

The panel 22, above the point 25, is stitched along its inner edge (the right-hand edge, as seen in Figure 5) to the rear panel I2, more particularly to the flap H, as at 21, and to both the panel I2 and the flap, as at 28.

The panel 2|, above the point 25, is stitched along its inner edge to the front panel II, more particularly to and between the panel and the flap I8, as at 33.

Preferably, as best seen in Figure 5, the pocket panels extend somewhat beyond the inner edge of the permanent pocket, or sac of fixed size, the rear panel being slightly wider than the front panel.

As will have been clearly understood, the pocket is attached to the garment along and by means of the stitching 21, 28 and 33,. the front panel 2I being attached to the front panel of the garment and the rear panel being attached to the rear panel. Therefore, the garment can be opened at one side since the two pocket panels, above the terminal 25, are attached, respectively, to the front and rear panels of the garment.

To detachably fasten the free portions of the rear edges of the pocket panels together, that is,

those portions of the rear edges which extend above the terminal point 25, one or more dome fasteners may be used. For instance, male elements 35 of dome fasteners may be secured to the rear panel 22, to engage with the female elements 35A secured to the front panel. The panels are so fastened after the garment has been put on.

The pocket thus formed may be suspended or held in its proper position by dome fasteners. For example, a male element 33 of dome fasteners may be secured to the outer face of the front panel to engage with a female element 38A secured to the inside of the front panel of the garment. The pocket will thus be held against the front panel.

What I claim is: r

In a skirt formed with a closable side opening extending downwardly from the waistline, a pocket for the skirt into which access is gained through the opening comprising, two generally rectangular panels defined in part by two vertical edges and a bottom edge, said panels being stitched together along their bottom edge and along the lower portion of their side edges, the

upper part of side edges which are adjacent the opening being stitched to the skirt on opposite sides of the opening, co-operating fastener elements secured to adjacent faces of said panels, respectively, along their other vertical edges detachably to fasten said panels together and thereby effectively to define a pocket substantially extending from bottom to top of said panels, co-acting fastener elements on the outer face of one of said panels and on the inside face of the skirt, respectively, in part to support the pocket from the skirt at a point remote from the opening.

BARNETT J. LUDWIG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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